Damiati Safa A, Damiati Samar
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Front Mol Biosci. 2021 Sep 22;8:677547. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.677547. eCollection 2021.
Several attempts have been made to encapsulate indomethacin (IND), to control its sustained release and reduce its side effects. To develop a successful formulation, drug release from a polymeric matrix and subsequent biodegradation need to be achieved. In this study, we focus on combining microfluidic and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, alongside using biomaterials, to generate drug-loaded polymeric microparticles (MPs). Our strategy is based on using Poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) as a biodegradable polymer for the generation of a controlled drug delivery vehicle, with IND as an example of a poorly soluble drug, a 3D flow focusing microfluidic chip as a simple device synthesis particle, and machine learning using artificial neural networks (ANNs) as an in silico tool to generate and predict size-tunable PLGA MPs. The influence of different polymer concentrations and the flow rates of dispersed and continuous phases on PLGA droplet size prediction in a microfluidic platform were assessed. Subsequently, the developed ANN model was utilized as a quick guide to generate PLGA MPs at a desired size. After conditions optimization, IND-loaded PLGA MPs were produced, and showed larger droplet sizes than blank MPs. Further, the proposed microfluidic system is capable of producing monodisperse particles with a well-controllable shape and size. IND-loaded-PLGA MPs exhibited acceptable drug loading and encapsulation efficiency (7.79 and 62.35%, respectively) and showed sustained release, reaching approximately 80% within 9 days. Hence, combining modern technologies of machine learning and microfluidics with biomaterials can be applied to many pharmaceutical applications, as a quick, low cost, and reproducible strategy.
人们已经进行了多次尝试来封装吲哚美辛(IND),以控制其缓释并减少其副作用。为了开发一种成功的制剂,需要实现药物从聚合物基质中的释放以及随后的生物降解。在本研究中,我们专注于将微流控技术和人工智能(AI)技术与生物材料相结合,以制备载药聚合物微粒(MPs)。我们的策略是使用聚(D,L-丙交酯-共-乙交酯)(PLGA)作为可生物降解的聚合物来制备可控释药物递送载体,以难溶性药物IND为例,使用3D流动聚焦微流控芯片作为简单的微粒合成装置,并使用基于人工神经网络(ANNs)的机器学习作为计算机工具来生成和预测尺寸可调的PLGA MPs。评估了不同聚合物浓度以及分散相和连续相流速对微流控平台中PLGA液滴尺寸预测的影响。随后,所开发的ANN模型被用作快速指南,以生成所需尺寸的PLGA MPs。经过条件优化,制备了载IND的PLGA MPs,其液滴尺寸比空白MPs大。此外,所提出的微流控系统能够制备形状和尺寸可控的单分散微粒。载IND的PLGA MPs表现出可接受的载药量和包封率(分别为7.79%和62.35%),并呈现出缓释特性,在9天内释放量达到约80%。因此,将机器学习和微流控等现代技术与生物材料相结合,可作为一种快速、低成本且可重复的策略应用于许多药物应用中。
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